Mid 1970's New York subway graffiti history! Legendary CLIFF 159 3YB commentary! Historical

1970's footage i put together from all the rare clips i could find (about 7 or 8 clips). I then put them in an order i felt fit well together. It came out pretty cool, and I even threw in an Aerosmith track! lol. Killer footage of trains and walls from the mid 1970's!!! Also dope commentary from NY subway style writing legend CLIFF 159 3YB! Enjoy. I also upgraded the footage into HD (it cleaned up a bit). Compiled and put together by Rudy Vasquez of =Strictly NYC Subway Graffiti Archive: 1970's - Present= Facebook page (which is now closed and archived). All props to Getty Images and to Aerosmith
************UPDATE: 2017, there is finally a name to the footage. I want to give mad props to Fenton Lawless. These video clips were found on Getty Images, but they were initially part of a 1976 NY Graffiti Documentary called NY GRAFFITI EXPERIENCE. That film has been on KZbin since last year. Great to see the original film! Go check it out!

[@dandrechesterfield5411]

So interesting to see an entire culture born within a lifetime. The evolution of graffiti, dance, rap, djing, fashion is pretty incredible. All the elements of hip hop have evolved so much in 30+ years. Same with Skateboarding which also started at the same time.

[@wilfredocaban9405]

Good that your keeping our history alive

[@Bishopspipes]

A truly amazing remarkable time in NYC history. Art in its finest form.

[@phillipbanks1504]

I was a griffitti artist in my teen age years living in NYC it was an experience doing artwork on subway trains

[@DR-xt9ux]

What was your tag

[@Moodboard39]

@@DR-xt9uxHe a liar lol

[@Moodboard39]

Where your tag?

[@superjam1446]

Risking it all for a tag on a train. What an amazing experience it must have been. God bless all of the lost souls who tagged NYC during the 1970s. My favorite artist was CLIFF! I was able to track down some artists still alive today and asked them what happened to him. Only one replied. He died of AIDs during the 1980s epidemic. RIP Cliff.

[@magnusgranskau7487]

may he rest in peace

[@PqV72MT4]

When writing was fun.

[@tahnaiyarussell]

Thanks for uploading this, really cool to see.

[@tahnaiyarussell]

@@akerockstar Yeah I'm enjoying it. I subscribed cos I love the 80s and 90s stuff you have as well.

[@beatsbyjiro8291]

Blade and Cliff were undoubtedly kings of style and ups, but to me Ale One kind of started what became the standardized letter styles of the 80s even up to now.

[@TheOriginalDJMrVee]

Cliff was one of many: Fine99, Vinny. I don't know if they were 3YB but they owned the subways back then.

[@sgtbones1837]

Vinny was 3yb I think F99 was also.

[@user-jd7pk5ls9h]

You can still meet these old sprayed wagons on the road from Ostia to Rome in Italy. Italians used to use them years ago. Now wagons are collected on old car barn between Tor Di Valle and EUR Magliana trains stations. Soon I will lunched some video from there. Check on gogole earth

[@akerockstar]

Are you saying they shipped NY trains over there?

[@SikoOrtner]

Yeah ! and thank you for this video

[@edwinkirkland8856]

Thank you memories

[@slabhead]

Before gentrification, commercialisation, all the other isms AND the internet. Out of the chaos and with cops chasing them, these kids produced this amazing artform. We will never see anytning like this again, ever. Thnx for the upload.

[@johnpetty3574]

I like 1980's G Art more, i respect 1970's because it was the origin of. But what it evolved into is magical.

[@Terra101]

0:39 Loooove that style!!!

[@nikoandrikopoulos8900]

Oh boy thats soo Tuff!

[@boogiedownbronx73]

Lol the country music 😂

[@francescocolacicco1889]

Wow

[@dingdong4856]

Amazing man sooooo cool..

[@halperntv3238]

Thanks for this video #imisstheoldnewyork

[@dziurawesample]

Have you more detail about NY GRAFFITI EXPERIENCE ?

[@naui_diver9290]

Love to know where these kids are today

[@skyjuiceification]

Well, this was over forty years ago so for one thing they are long past being kids.

[@bio-plasmictoad5311]

Sounds like Tyson talking

[@bio-plasmictoad5311]

akerockstar Brooklin area accent.

[@tommuller4132]

King

[@johnrossini3594]

no stan 153 started 3yb he gave the crew to cliff when he quit

[@Tomacccc]

Эх, я бы сейчас хотел бы такую же атмосферу

[@smnls-lu6do]

Да, жаль Клифф от СПИДа загнулся

[@Moodboard39]

The city let it be like that lol nobody to blame but themselves

[@mr.sthetics9734]

💪🏼🔥

[@Sun_set_Trucker_Cascadia]

200th like

[@danhyde2656]

Didn’t sounds like a 12-16 year old talking bout ditching the popo

[@Sonnyblack100]

Was this mid 70s ??

[@Sonnyblack100]

akerockstar love it , little do they know they started worldwide phenomenon

[@Moodboard39]

Around there

[@Moodboard39]

A time where people did things. No social media, no youtube, none of that crap. It was bad times, but people look ways to explore and just live. Now like today, people are depressed, political correctness Bullshit. Crime up, people committing suicides, and killing over dumb Shit

[@JRnyc]

Handwriting back then was hideous.

[@skyjuiceification]

Im telling ya, very few were any good but the energy was there. and it kept developing with the times and other media.